Most of the startups on my list are in Western Europe. Who are the most ambitious founders and companies building the future everywhere else? 👀

25,000 Signups in ~2 Weeks! I was on Bloomberg TV yesterday to discuss the incredible momentum Neko Health is seeing in the UK. In less than a week after opening in London, we surpassed 10,000 bookings and signups. Since then the momentum kept building, and we had 25,000 people

4 and 1/2 years since: ‘Shak, I think I’m ready to do a fund, will you back me if I do?’ Congrats Harry Stebbings on the launch of your $400 million Fund 3! Very proud to see you ignore the rules and play the VC game your way. on.ft.com/3Ym0i8K

Europe has so much stunning research infrastructure -- here are some of my favourites, starting with the ESO European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert in Chile that looks like Mars It's one of the world's most advanced optical telescopes and

Responding to all my friends still languishing on Neko Health waiting list 😄 I first saw Neko in a stealth warehouse in Stockholm in 2022. Now saw the full product. Looks like nothing I have seen before. The scanning + follow-up were flawless. Results were ready before I got

Europe - stand up tall. Thank you, Ian Hogarth ft.com/content/e3e23a…

1/ I wrote an essay on what I think it'll take for Europe to build it's first trillion-dollar startup:

Over 60,000 Signups in Just Twelve Weeks! It's been nearly three months since we launched Neko Health in London, and the response has been nothing short of incredible. Over 60,000 people have signed up for a scan, which reflects a growing shift toward preventive healthcare and

Big fan of Neko Health - affordable preventive healthcare, and the whole process start to finish is well thought through and seamless. Everyone should have access to this, like right now.

I sat down with the legendary Harry Stebbings to talk about Helsing and the need for new defence to keep our democracies safe.

I'm starting a new Grand Tour of Europe: each month, I will visit one European country to learn about its history and key industries, and to meet some of its most ambitious founders, builders and business leaders. grandtoureurope.xyz

Feels like it was only yesterday that Daniel Ek and I teamed up to try to come up with a masterplan for shifting healthcare from reactive to proactive. Here we are, six years later, excited to announce that Neko Health has just raised a $260 million series B, led by

It’s been so great to see the interest in Neko Health grow over the last two years (there are more than 100k of you on the waitlist!). That’s why I’m excited that we’re now accelerating our plans for expansion within Europe and the US. Time to double down.

Thrilled to support ⁦⁦Hjalmar Nilsonne⁩ ⁦Daniel Ek⁩ and the ⁦Neko Health⁩ team in their journey to build one of the most important healthcare companies of our generation ⁦Lightspeed⁩ lsvp.com/stories/why-we…

I was able to experience this last week. Made my previous doctor visits feel like the Middle Ages!

🇮🇪 Andrew O'Neill has taught me so much in the past weeks about Ireland’s story of Ireland’s story of rebellion, reinvention and resurrection, and today we are excited to share Part 1 with you.

Today, Neko Health Spitalfields opens – ready to deliver 30,000 scans annually! Around six months after first launching in London, we’re thrilled to open our second location – right in the heart of Spitalfields Market. We’ve taken over an entire building, and it’s not just our

Exactly seven years ago today - I sent Hjalmar Nilsonne a DM asking him to start a healthcare company with me. I didn’t know Hjalmar very well at the time. And his reply was a bit lukewarm - I think he said ”perhaps”. But I really believed he was the right guy for this idea, so after

My first longform podcast in English is out! Big thank you to Lisa Snowdon and Andy Goldstein MBE for having me on the UK’s #1 leisure podcast – We're Not Getting Any Younger! We had a great conversation about the future of preventive health, the story behind building Neko

Spotify founder Daniel Ek is leading a €600m funding in German defence tech startup Helsing, valuing the four-year-old co at €12bn. A biz making battlefield AI, drones, submarines & robo-fighter pilots is now one of Europe’s most valuable startups on.ft.com/4n5mYEH